Even if they do get dumped in the foyer, take a gas blow-torch over them and they'll be fine - taste all the better, in fact.
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The hood on one of my rain-jackets has a draw-string with a spring toggle that is anchored to the collar, making it hard enough to tighten and practically bloody impossible to loosen. Today I got p'd off and took the scissors to the anchoring half-inch of elastic, with the result that the end of the drawstring now pulls out of the hole on the end of a bit of white tape. I'd love to throttle the halfwit who dreamt that one up.